Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Here is a buoy that has washed up on Cumberland Island. The shot was taken for about 200 yards away and the foggy look is due to the wind blowing in a spray of sea mist over the beach; but that did not deter Tom from his morning hike. It did however deter me from doing a lot of shooting on the beach that day with my camera.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

These hands were taken up at the John C. Campbell Folkschool, where I was taking a pottery class last year (yes, they are a repeat posting from then, but it fit the photo hunt so well, that I decided to repost them).

I will be taking a nature photography class at the Folkschool with some friends at the end of next month. Can't wait till then!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Dixie Disc Dog Championship made an appearance for a competition at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon. Owners and their dogs catch frisbees and almost dance together. It is something to be seen. This is a world-class competition with some outstanding animals!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

This photo is from last year's Cherry Blossom Festival here in Macon, GA. This year's festival is going on for the next week, and I am spending the day today there, snapping photos left and right! So I should have some new ones to post in the next few days.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009

In the woods around here, the redbud trees are blooming left and right! I have never figured out why they are called redbud trees, as that neither the buds, nor the flowers are really red. More of a pinky purple.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

The big local event here for the spring is the 27th annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Our little city is known as the Cherry Blossom Capital of the World, with over 300,000 yoshino cherry trees planted all over town! While a lot of people go to Washington DC for their Cherry Blossom Festival, I have to admit that Macon is a lovely looking town when all of them are in bloom here!And toward the last part of March of each year, we fill up with tourist buses, filled with little old ladies with that eerie shade of blue hair that can only come from a bottle (God Bless Them and their Tourist Dollars). The Festival lasts about 10 or 12 days and has everything from carnival rides, to hot air balloons, to tons of tours of historic old homes, to concerts, to an arts and crafts fair, to a street party, to a parade, to next to everything being painted pink in honor of the pale pink cherry blossoms (even a pink poodle).

A week from this Saturday, I have set aside the whole day for photography. There will be the carnival rides, a 5-K road race, a bed race, a motorcycle show, a national frisbee catching dog competition, and who knows what else going on. I am so looking forward to it, as that I haven't had that much time to do a lot of photography due to a busy work schedule. I will be joined by my photographer friend Bonnie, and we are hoping to meet a few folks from a MeetUp group of photographers.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

So I decided to go with the big open spaces of the pristine beaches of Sapelo Island. It is such a luxury today to be able to go out and walk for a couple of miles up the beach and see not one single house, not one single condo, not even one single person.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

My father has built the fanciest woodshed that I have seen recently. I think he has too much time on his hands! It is about 8 x 20, and matches the house and barn as far as the log cabin look. It even has a metal roof on it.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Ok, so who can figure out this crazy weather. On Saturday, the high was 73 degrees and there were tornado warnings in the adjacent county, and the very next day (yesterday), we had an inch of snow on the ground here at my house, and up to 5 inches in some places. I can't wait to see what today will bring!

Actually, the snow wasn't that heavy and it didn't freeze up on the roads too much, so school probably could have gone on; but I suppose it is best to play it safe. Afterall, people down here in the South get snow so rarely, that they just do not know how to drive on ice, nor does the county have the equipment to clear the roads and bridges of ice.

Sunday, March 01, 2009

I just got a call from the Superintendent of the Bibb County School District (my boss), and she has decided that with the snow that fell today, and the freezing temperatures tonight...to cancel school tomorrow. Of course, I will have to go on in and shutdown the schools' HVAC systems for the day, but it still should make it only a 1/2 day for me.....maybe!